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Item #59936 The Great Train Robbery. Michael CRICHTON

The Great Train Robbery.

CRICHTON, Michael (1942-2008).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. [Locomotive thievery] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.255, [1]. Publisher's mid brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Leigh Taylor. Signed by the author to the title page. Internally fine. Bright dust-wrapper, not faded or clipped, with just some light..... More

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Item #60967 The Historian. A Novel. Elizabeth KOSTOVA, born 1964

The Historian. A Novel.

KOSTOVA, Elizabeth (born 1964).

London: Little, Brown, 2005. [Gothic fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 642 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's red cloth with white titles to spine, and endpapers showing a map of Cold War Europe. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by..... More

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Item #61052 The Night Manager. John LE CARRÉ, David John Moore CORNWELL

The Night Manager.

LE CARRÉ, John [pseudonym of CORNWELL, David John Moore] (1931-2020).

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Presentation copy. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.443; [5]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £15.99. Signed, with a brief four-line inscription by the author to the title page, dated within a month of..... More

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Item #60773 Poems. Harold PINTER

Poems.

PINTER, Harold.

London: Enitharmon Press, 1968. [Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, first edition. Slim octavo (20 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 24; [6]. Errata slip loosely inserted. Publisher's red quarter morocco over black cloth boards, gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt. Number 104 of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Slightly toned to..... More

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Item #60497 Ronnie. ROLLING STONES, Ronnie WOOD, born 1947

Ronnie.

[ROLLING STONES] WOOD, Ronnie (born 1947).

London: Macmillan, 2007. [Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 358. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £20. Signed "Love Ronnie.07" to title page. Illustrated with four photographic suites. Textblock very lightly toned, binding and wrapper lightly handled with a...... More

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Item #61424 Harper and Wilton. Muriel SPARK

Harper and Wilton.

SPARK, Muriel (1918-2006).

London: Colophon Press, 1996. [Short Story] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 19cm), pp.[2] 17 [5]. Number 59 of 110 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear. Printed by letterpress on Velin Arches paper. Publisher's brown quarter morocco, with gilt titles to spine..... More

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Item #61425 A Hundred and Eleven Years Without a Chauffeur. Muriel SPARK

A Hundred and Eleven Years Without a Chauffeur.

SPARK, Muriel (1918-2006).

London: Colophon Press, 2001. [Short Story] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 19cm), pp.[2] 15 [7]. Letter Z of 26 lettered copies thus, from a total limitation of 157, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear, with a holograph quotation from the text. Printed by..... More

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Item #60866 The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas. Paul THEROUX, born 1941

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas.

THEROUX, Paul (born 1941).

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. [American Travel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 340 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to a bookplate on the half-title. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. Top edge red. With the dust-jacket designed by Peter..... More

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Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.

Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.

Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.

 

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